The Tigercat Channel at iModeler (18 articles)

The Tigercat Channel at iModeler

Grumman F7F Tigercat

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AMT 1/48 Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat “Big Bird”

by Gary Brantley on July 7, 2021
in Aviation — 29 Comments

The kit directions have a note that I started putting paint to plastic on July 16, 2020 and I finished the model July 5 of this year. During that time, I did manage to complete one other model that had been set aside, and also started two oth[...]

1/48 AMT F7F-3N Tigercat

by John Clark on April 12, 2021
in Aviation — 20 Comments

This is the AMT Tigercat with aftermarket cockpits, canopies, props, landing gear, and wheels. The figures were bashed together to make Korean War era Marine aviators.

F7 Tigercat Korean War Group Build

by Amari Luu on January 27, 2021
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Hi everyone, this is the Italeri 1/48 Tigercat. I also finally get to go back to in-person at my school. Walking around, I also noticed some models around my school including a 1:16 kv1 and a Thunderbolt of an unidentified but very large scale. [...]

Hobbyboss F-80 C Shooting Star “Saggin Dragon”

by Morne Meyer on June 24, 2020
in Uncategorized — 30 Comments

Although serving in small numbers towards the end of World War II, Lockheed’s pugnacious fighter made a name for itself as a fighter and strike bomber during the Korean War. To commemorate the start of the Korean War 70 years ago and to pay homa[...]

1/48 Scale F7F-Tigercat

by Rodney J. Williams on January 4, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Sometime in the early 1990's I met up with "Pylon Dave Jone's" who lived in Oklahoma/U.S.A. Dave sent me over 500 color 3-1/2" x 5" prints. I scanned in all of the photos, including several black and white prints then made a "master" CD disk a[...]

Grumman Tigercat F7F-2D (1/48 AMT Ertl F7 2N – conversion)

by Franco Damiani on January 3, 2020
in Aviation — 21 Comments

Drone control Tigercats served the fleet along and well, their excellent performance continuing to give them capability to work with with newer hight-performance target drones as they entered service in early 1950s. on December 1956, the Chief O[...]

F-7F 3 Tigercat 1/48 Italeri

by Josef Rössner on December 19, 2017
in Aviation — 29 Comments

My last kit F-7F 3 from U.S.M.C., MAG-33, Phoang, Korea, 1953

1/48 AMT F7F-2N Tigercat night fighter

by Dan DeSilva on December 25, 2016
in Aviation — 22 Comments

Hi all, I hope you are having a good Christmastime with friends and family. I have had this kit sitting for a while waiting to get the outer wing panels properly set to finish the kit. It is the AMT 1/48 F7F-2N. I made use of Obscureco replacem[...]

1/48 AMT F7F Tigercat

by Louis Gardner on October 29, 2016
in Aviation — 29 Comments

This is another one of my favorite planes. This one was built with the addition of a set of True Details resin wheels. I had heard some of the horror stories about how the wheels fall apart after a while so I replaced them right off the bat.[...]

1/72 Monogram F7F- COIN

by Robert Royes on April 1, 2016
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Something I did a few years ago, Snakeyes and gun pod came from Monogram F-4, rocket pods from Heller T-28, AIM-9's from spare parts box, fuel tanks from Hasegawa T-33, seat- Airfix Tornado. Not sure about the decals but they are S. Vietnam [...]